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= Solution

Put $M_n=\mathbb E[Z\mid\mathcal F_n]$. Each $M_n$ is $\mathcal F_n$-measurable and integrable, with $|M_n|\leq\mathbb E[|Z|\mid\mathcal F_n]\leq1$. Since a <filtration> is increasing, the <tower property of conditional expectation> gives
$$
\mathbb E[M_{n+1}\mid\mathcal F_n]
=\mathbb E[\mathbb E[Z\mid\mathcal F_{n+1}]\mid\mathcal F_n]
=\mathbb E[Z\mid\mathcal F_n]=M_n.
$$
Thus $(M_n)$ is the <conditional-expectation martingale> associated with $Z$.

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